The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John C Bohn, Crestwood, KY (US);
Assignee:
The Cherry-Burrell Corporation, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 78 ; 165166 ; 165167 ;
Abstract
Heat exchanger plates for stacked flat plate heat exchangers include tapered collars for alignment of one plate relative to another in the stack. The tapered collar extends from the major surface portion of the plate and is tapered so as to have a constricted free end. The collar of one plate receive a collar of a neighboring plates as the plates of the stack are internested one in another. The collars are wedgingly engaged one in another to provide accurate alignment of the heat exchanger plates.